*** MEDIA ALERT ***
Who: CFMEU National Secretary Zach Smith
What: A media conference responding to the outcome of a ministerial meeting on banning engineered stone
When: Wednesday December 13, 5pm
Where: Mural Hall, Parliament House, Canberra
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Raising NDIS price caps results in higher fees and does not increase service provision, new research by the e61 Institute has found. The research tracked prices and service hours in the weeks around 1 July 2025 when the NDIA lifted price caps for some services - including daily living assistance and behaviour supports - and decreased them for others such as physiotherapy and podiatry. The analysis, using data from NDIS plan manager Kismet, found that for every 1% increase to a price cap, providers hiked prices by 0.61% on average with no meaningful increase in the amount of services provided.…
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The National Tertiary Education Union has urged the federal government to end the damaging decline in research funding - a cornerstone recommendation of a new report into the sector. While backing key funding recommendations, the NTEU is strongly opposed to proposals that would allow universities to separate teaching from research. The Strategic Examination of Research and Development report, released on Tuesday, is under consideration by the federal government. "Australia's research capacity is being hollowed out by a decade of real decline in competitive grant funding," NTEU National President Dr Alison Barnes said. "The government now has a clear roadmap to…
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